The Ministry of Culture is implementing the scheme component of ‘Scholarships to Young Artists in Different Cultural Fields (SYA)’ to grant Scholarship to Young Artists in different cultural fields including traditional arts forms for undergoing advanced training in their respective fields.
Under this scheme component, a scholarship of Rs 5,000 per month is provided to selected scholars for a period of 2 years in four equal six monthly installments.
The selected scholars should be in the age group of 18 years to 25 years and have been undergoing training under any Guru or Institution for a minimum of 5 years. The Scholars are selected on the basis of their performance in a personal interview before an Expert Committee for Scholarship constituted by the Ministry.
‘Award of Scholarships to Young Artists in Different Cultural Fields’ is one of the three scheme components of a scheme namely ‘Scheme of Scholarship and Fellowship for Promotion of Art and Culture’.
